Millie Peacock was the wife of Sir Alexander Peacock, a three-time Premier of Victoria.
15 Facts About Millie Peacock
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Millie Peacock served only a single term, retiring at the 1935 state election.
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Millie Peacock Gertrude Holden was the second of two daughters born in East Framlingham, Victoria, to Marianne and John Bryson Holden.
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Millie Peacock's mother died when she was a few months old, and her father remarried Millie's maternal aunt Jane Ellen Arnold.
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Millie Peacock was given eight half-brothers and half-sisters from this union, and Jane was referred to as her mother throughout her life.
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Millie Peacock was first introduced to politician Alexander Peacock in 1899, when her family hosted members of the Australian Natives' Association during a conference.
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When Sir Alexander Millie Peacock died on 7 October 1933, Charles was named an executor of his will.
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Millie Peacock did so reluctantly and, because she was mourning her husband's death, made no speeches.
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Millie Peacock was elected and sworn in as the first woman member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly on 21 November 1933.
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Lady Millie Peacock only gave one speech in parliament, on the third reading of the Factories Act Bill.
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Millie Peacock spoke on her husband's role in forming the bill.
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Millie Peacock retired from politics at the end of her term in 1935, saying that representing a country electorate in parliament was no place for a woman.
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Millie Peacock stated that her constituents were unwilling to discuss their concerns with a woman.
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Millie Peacock died in 1948, and is buried next to her husband.
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Millie Peacock was posthumously inducted onto the Victorian Honour Roll of Women in 2002.